 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part. For this reason, these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater...knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than f axioms and definitions. But if the power of exf ample is so great, as to take possession of the \... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 624 pages
...success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part. For this reason, these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater...knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example is so great, as to take possession of the memory... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 pages
...success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part. For this reason, these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities oi professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more eliieacy than axioms and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1851 - 360 pages
...nature. Rambler, vol. 1. History. Those familiar histories, which draw the portraits of living manners, may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities...knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example is so great as to take possession of the memory... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1853 - 336 pages
...nature. Rambler, yoL 1. History. Those familiar histories, which draw the portraits of living manners, may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities...knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example is so great as to take possession of the memory... | |
 | 1854 - 532 pages
...reader, and Mr. Warren has evidently had ever present in his mind the words of Dr. Johnson, who says, "These familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater...knowledge of Vice and Virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions." Mr. Warren also bears testimony, as the result of the ample opportunities... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1854 - 526 pages
...dictum of his concerning Fiction, has ever been present to the writer's mind : " These fj<Tni1ia.r histories may perhaps be made of greater use, than...knowledge of Vice and Virtue with more efficacy, than axioms and definitions." Possibly few of his readers have had ampler opportunities than the author... | |
 | Isaac Clarke Pray - 1855 - 496 pages
...THE PEESS, IS HOPEFULLY INSCRIBED, BY THE AUTHOR. HISTORY WHICH DRAWS A PORTRAIT OF LIVING MANNERS, MAY PERHAPS BE MADE OF GREATER USE THAN THE SOLEMNITIES...MORALITY, AND CONVEY THE KNOWLEDGE OF VICE AND VIRTUE WITH MOKE EFFICACY THAN AXIOMS AND DEFINITIONS. SAMUEL JOHNSON. INTRODUCTION. THE histories of individuals... | |
 | Isaac Clarke Pray - 1855 - 496 pages
...IN8CB1BED, BY THE AUTHOR. HISTORY WHICH DRAWS A PORTRAIT OF LIVING MANNERS, MAY PERHAPS BE MADE OP GREATER USE THAN THE SOLEMNITIES OF PROFESSED MORALITY,...KNOWLEDGE OF VICE AND VIRTUE WITH MORE EFFICACY THAN AXIOMS AND DEFINITIONS. SAMUEL JOH.\SON. INTRODUCTION. THB histories of individuals and of nations... | |
 | 1856 - 770 pages
...admirable: " History, which draws a portrait of lining manners, may perhaps be made of greater vie than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey...knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions." Which being applied to the present case, may be interpreted to signify that... | |
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For this reason these familiar histories may perhaps be made of greater use than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. 
